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A #remote contractor-position for an IT Release Manager is open at CSAA Insurance Group! 

CSAA Insurance Group, a AAA insurer, offers automobile, homeowners and other personal lines of insurance to AAA Members through AAA clubs in 23 states and the District of Columbia. 

Founded in 1914, we have been rated “A” or better by A.M. Best for more than 90 years and are one of the top personal lines property casualty insurance groups in the United States, according to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. 

Benefit options available depending on contract factors and upon meeting requirements.

Duties & Responsibilities

Release Planning & Coordination

• Own and manage the integrated release calendar across Guidewire and connected platforms
• Coordinate release activities across development, QA, UAT, performance testing, and production deployment
• Drive release readiness reviews, go/no-go checkpoints, and deployment governance
• Manage release scope, dependencies, sequencing, and deployment timelines
• Coordinate cross-team implementation activities across multiple workstreams and vendors

Environment & Deployment Governance

• Partner with Platform/DevOps teams to ensure environment readiness and deployment stability
• Coordinate code promotions across Dev, SIT, UAT, PERF, and Production environments
• Validate deployment plans, rollback strategies, and contingency procedures
• Ensure alignment between release schedules, infrastructure readiness, and testing cycles

Risk & Dependency Management

• Identify release risks, blockers, and cross-platform dependencies early
• Drive mitigation planning and escalation management
• Coordinate issue resolution across Engineering, QA, Platform, and vendor teams
• Ensure production support readiness and operational transition planning

Quality & Testing Alignment

• Partner with QA leadership to ensure alignment across SIT, UAT, regression, and performance testing activities
• Ensure release criteria and quality gates are met prior to deployment
• Coordinate validation activities across Guidewire Core, Digital, Integrations, Earnix, and Data/Reporting workstreams

Communication & Reporting

• Provide executive-level release status reporting and dashboards
• Facilitate release governance meetings and stakeholder communications
• Maintain visibility into release health, risks, deployment status, and defect trends
• Drive post-release reviews and continuous improvement activities

Reporting Structure

This role will work closely with:

• Engineering Leadership
• QA/Test Management
• Platform/DevOps
• Architecture
• Product Management
• Production Support
• Vendor Partners (Guidewire, SI partners, etc.)

Success Measures

• Predictable and stable releases
• Reduced deployment risk and production incidents
• Improved release transparency and governance
• High environment readiness and release quality
• Effective coordination across workstreams and vendors

Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness, meet client expectations, standards, and accompanying requirements, and safeguard business operations and company reputation.